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I drove right into the music with the same sort of attitude as I went into the football stuff with. Just found a routine and hard work, and it helped me progress a lot faster.
Sam Hunt -
I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
Sam Hunt
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I have two or three guys that I'm really close to. We have a great friendship, and I think that helps our songwriting relationship. It's hard to start... with new people and cover the ground that I've covered with those guys.
Sam Hunt -
I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
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I love so many styles of music.
Sam Hunt -
My route is a little bit nontraditional. A lot of the people working in Nashville, they have a model. I don't really fit into that.
Sam Hunt -
My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician.
Sam Hunt
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I've tried to work really hard on never phoning in the lyrics.
Sam Hunt -
I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
Sam Hunt -
Once it's out there in the universe, it's serving its purpose, and I'm proud to have other folks hear the music that I was a part of making.
Sam Hunt -
From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.
Sam Hunt -
It's liberating to wear clothes that are outside the boundaries of what I'm supposed to wear, ya know, based on the traditional model, whether that be a country music singer, or being from the country. It's not a rebellious thing.
Sam Hunt -
I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
Sam Hunt
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Fortunately, the music from the first record really connected with people, and I was really proud of that.
Sam Hunt -
I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
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The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called 'What I Need to Do'; it was just an easy song to play... and it was really cool to see that come full-circle a few years later and have him record a song that I was part of.
Sam Hunt -
I still get excited about it. I miss playing ball.
Sam Hunt -
The money factor had been kind of my excuse as to why I hadn't put out any music. So I just found the cheapest way to make music and get it to people, and that was via the Internet.
Sam Hunt -
I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play a few songs for a guy there named Jimmy Ritchey. Through that meeting, I met another couple guys and ended up getting a publishing deal in Nashville.
Sam Hunt
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I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
Sam Hunt -
My style, in terms of what I wear, is kind of representative of the music.
Sam Hunt -
A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
Sam Hunt